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1915 In Association Football
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1915 throughout the world. Events Several European leagues suspended play because of World War I. Winners club national championship *Argentina: Racing Club *Austria: Wiener AC *Cuba: Hispano América (La Habana) *Denmark: B93 *England: Everton F.C. *Iceland: Fram *Italy: Genoa 1893 *Luxembourg: US Hollerich *Netherlands: Sparta Rotterdam *Paraguay: Cerro Porteño *Scotland: ''For fuller coverage, see 1914-15 in Scottish football.'' ** Scottish Division One – Celtic ** Scottish Division Two – Cowdenbeath **Scottish Cup – No competition * Sweden: Djurgårdens IF *Uruguay: Nacional *Greece: 1913 to 1921 - no championship titles due to the First World War and the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922. International tournaments *1915 Far Eastern Championship Games :: China Births * February 20 – Elba de Padua Lima, Brazilian international footballer and coach manager (died 1984) * February 23 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US Hollerich
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
